shipment
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Shipment
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/
SubClass Of: bfo:material entity
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:material entity › shipment
Definition
collection of material entities delivered to a receiver’s location that have undergone the same dispatch and receipt processes
Semi-Formal Definition:
every instance of ‘shipment’ is defined as exactly an instance of ‘material entity’ that ‘has role’ some ‘shipment role’
Explanatory Notes
1- A grouping of logistic and transport units assembled and identified by the seller (sender) of the goods travelling under one dispatch advice and/or Bill of Lading to one customer (recipient) [GS1]
2- An item or group of items delivered to one party’s location at one moment in time that have undergone the same dispatch and receipt processes [GS1]
- a shipment may contain one or more logistic units
- A shipment is prepared as prescribed according to some shipment plan and is intended to be transported by some carrier and delivered to some receiver.
Examples
- Examples include truckload, vessel, 10 pallets of various items.
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Definition
Shipment(x) ↔ MaterialEntity(x) ∧ ∃r(ShipmentRole(r) ∧ hasRole(x,r))
Description Logic
constr:Shipment ≡ bfo:material_entity ⊓ ∃ constr:hasRole .constr:ShipmentRole
constr:Shipment ⊑ ⊤
EquivalentTo: bfo:material_entity and constr:hasRole some constr:ShipmentRole
SubClassOf: owl:Thing